Evan Lerner Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Multiple Locations, US

Multiple Locations, US

• Collaborative research projects with the US Space Force, including 50+ company industry surveys
• Deal intake, vetting, and detailed diligence as space industry subject matter expert (SME)
• Executive consulting for portfolio companies from Pre-seed to Series A

New York, New York, US

• Empire Space is growing New York into a top-five state for space business, visit us at empirespace.org
• Founded New York 501(c)(3) nonprofit, handling legal, brand, governance, financial plans, and networking
• Built fundraising apparatus via direct and passive donations, donate here: empirespace.org/donate
• Researched, published, and presented data on the New York space ecosystem to promote economic growth
• Presented and engaged stakeholders at town halls and roundtables, available on YouTube and Spotify

Cedar Park, Texas, US

• Responsible for launch vehicle, spacecraft, and lander product lines, with multibillion-dollar qualified pipeline
• Business strategy including market analysis, customer pipelines, business cases, and pricing
• Merged product strategy from acquired Spaceflight products, including roadmaps and customer pipelines
• Leader and key contributor on proposals worth $500M+ with over 50% success rate
• Facilitated international partnerships and projects with Fortune 500 and multibillion-dollar companies
• Led internal CRM and pipeline buildout following evaluation of Salesforce and external offerings

Bellevue, Washington, US

• Product strategy and opportunities with go-to-market and new product introduction, pricing and selling
• Product definition, positioning, and messaging focused on market, business, and operations
• Conducted market assessments with surveys, target markets, and detailed competitive analysis
• Product planning for financial, marketing, communications, development, missions, operations, and readiness
• Owned 20+ commercial customer pipeline with $40M+ in TCV
• Handled 6+ commercial and government proposals with over 50% success rate

Mountain View, California, US

• Piloted 30-person operations software redesign for constellation-scaled satellite autonomy
• Managed 3 supplier relationships through technical development, modeling and analysis, and testing
• Subject matter expert and lead for propulsion systems and maneuvering, critical for $3M USAF program
• Directed 10-person cross-company team on software development, defining databases, and sourcing tools
• Led 7-person model and simulation team, created central model and high-fidelity simulation environment
• Guided systems engineering with mission and system requirements, budgets, compliance, and launch

Falls Church, VA, US

• Drove integration of $700 million product line into ground system software suite
• Demonstrated ground system software suite to external and internal customers
• Designed, implemented, tested, and automated software and systems solutions
• Synthesized ground system software and Mission Operations streamlining development
• Improved team output and agile Scrum processes as Product Owner for 12 products and 15 engineers
• Initiated critical hiring initiative for 150% scaling of program with Scaled Agile adjustments

• Integrated complex hydrocarbon fuels into model improving supersonic combustion software
• Generated flamelets and chemistry tables for hydrocarbon fuels via FlameMaster
• Researched and evaluated methods for simple to complex propellant combustion transition
• Documented fuel generation and integration process for changes to combustion chemistry
• Developed user guides for use of supersonic combustion software and graphical user interface
• Published in AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum: https://link.growkudos.com/1e5irj6xiww

Falls Church, VA, US

• Decomposed customer requirements, generating system requirements and use cases in DOORS
• Mocked-up GUI for mission planning and maintenance software and presented to leadership
• Created software documentation and demonstrated functionality for systematic implementation
• Wrote enterprise-level scripts in COTS FreeFlyer application for maneuver planning software tool
• Designed and implemented quality and regression tests for integration and testing of software
• Participated in transition to agile Scrum methodology for improved project management

Dulles, Virginia, US

• Organized existing regression testing scenarios and analyzed for improved test case coverage
• Participated in transition to Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (see above)

Detroit, Michigan, US

• Developed validation and testing procedure, executed testing at GM Proving Grounds
• Led design of active systems compatible with passive systems, for passive system failure
• Designed wheel integration mechanism in Solidworks enabling secure attachment
• Created component housing assembly for environmental protection and aesthetics

• Oversaw social media and parent and alumni relations ensuring a positive external image
• Directed internal communications to maintain organization via propagation of information
• Implemented academic and career guidance programs, including professional development
• Instituted academic standards, such as GPA requirements, upholding academic excellence
• Organized partnership with online social studying platform saturated with academic resources
• Wrote Articles III and VII of the constitution, focusing on membership and meeting procedures

East Hartford, CT, US

• Created detailed FEM of plumbing system in Ansys Workbench for static and modal simulations
• Orchestrated LCF analyses, recommended geometry changes to reduce stress concentration
• Conducted HCF analyses, generating resonant frequencies and corresponding stresses
• Utilized strain gauge data to recommend a reduction in scale factor for HCF challenged tube
• Ran Proof and Burst analyses, confirmed positive margins with pressure vessel hand calculations

Master'S Degree, Bachelor’S Degree, Aerospace Engineering

Summer Program, Aerodynamics

Education record

Summer Program, Programming In Engineering